Dobson Pipe Organ Company: One of the nations major manufacturers of pipe organs.

Brand FX: A major manufacturer of truck utility bodies.

Bowie Manufacturing, Inc.: A major manufacturer of fiberglass veterinarian truck bodies.

Manson Industries, Inc: An international exporter of microwave popcorn.

Air Electric Machine Co.: A manufacturer of lawn ornaments such as windmills and lighthouses.

Pomeroy Manufacturing, Inc.: A long time manufacturer of slats, stalls, pens and gates for livestock.

LOCAL INCENTIVES

These stable, well established manufacturers all originated in Calhoun County. Some received assistance through three revolving loan funds in the county. These three loan funds, administered by the Manson Industrial Development Corporation, the Rockwell City Development Association, and the Lake City Development Association, have provided expansion and startup assistance for these and other businesses since 1987.

These three organizations use their funds to  leverage state and federal assistance from programs such as the Community Economic Betterment Account, Economic Development Set-Aside, and the various Small Business Administration programs.

The Calhoun county Rural Electric Cooperative and the Corn Belt Power Cooperative also want to make Calhoun County ``Your Home in the Heartland". These organizations also have available low-interest loans and rate packages for new and expanding industry.

Tax abatements for industrial and commercial expansion are available. Manson also has a five-year tax abatement for the construction of new single-family housing.

Manson Industrial Development Corporation owns an industrial park with approximately 29 acres remaining for further development.

STATE INCENTIVES
Beside these local incentives the State of Iowa offers the following incentives for all industry.

• Low-interest, no interest or forgivable loans throughout the Community Economic Betterment Account. (CEBA)

• Iowa is a right-to-work state.

• No sales tax and use tax on industrial machinery, equipment and computers.

• No personal property tax.

• New jobs tax credit when work force is increased by 10 percent.

• Research and development tax credit of 6.5 percent.

• No tax on pollution control equipment.

• Ten year property tax exemption in urban revitalization areas.

• Local option five-year partial exemption for improvements to real property.

• Single-factor, non-unitary income tax.

• Federal tax deductibility of 50 percent.

• Seed capital financing.

• Property tax exemption of 70 percent for machinery, equipment and computers.

• Highway and access road funding for highway improvements through RISE.

• Job training assistance through area community colleges.

These state and local incentives mean Calhoun County is ``open for business".